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Zuckerburg’s stake in Facebook now at nearly 30 percent: regulators

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, pictured at a conference on September 11, 2012 (AFP)

Mark Zuckerberg’s stake in Facebook has climbed to nearly 30 percent since the leading social network made its dismal stock market debut, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators. Zuckerberg owns 632.65 million Facebook shares as compared with the slightly more than 500 million he held in September when…

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Zuckerberg readying political fundraiser for Chris Christie

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, pictured at a conference on September 11, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is making a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, reports said Thursday. The event to take place in Zuckerberg’s home in the California city of Palo Alto mid-February is to support the re-election bid of the high-profile…

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Facebook co-founder Zuckerberg donates $500 million to charity

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, pictured at a conference on September 11, 2012 (AFP)

With Christmas just days away, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced a donation of about a half-billion dollars worth of his company’s stock to charity in Silicon Valley. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, gave 18 million shares to a foundation to orchestrate grants for local causes focused on education and…

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Zuckerberg eyes mobile after Facebook IPO flop

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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he is steering the social network giant to a more mobile focus, saying this will help ease concerns after a “disappointing” stock market debut. “The performance of the stock has obviously been disappointing,” Zuckerberg said during an on-stage interview at a…

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Mark Zuckerberg randomly appears in ad for China’s police force

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. Screenshot via Youtube.

Just in case the last few weeks haven’t already been eventful enough for Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO now is creating more headlines by making a shock appearance in a Chinese commercial released Sunday. According to the website China Smack, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan randomly appeared in the commercial for…

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Steve Wozniak warns Zuckerberg on dangers of going public

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SYDNEY — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has warned Mark Zuckerberg about the dangers of going public as Facebook counts down to its hotly anticipated share offering. The world’s leading social network is expected to start trading on the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Friday and has set a price range of $28…

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Facebook fervor fierce ahead of IPO

Facebook frenzy is spreading ahead of the company's big-time stock market debut (AFP)

Facebook frenzy is spreading ahead of the company’s big-time stock market debut, with anything from Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie to the billion-dollar buy of Instagram sparking controversy. Speculation about the promise or pitfalls of owning a piece of the world’s leading social network was so feverish by the weekend that one report contended there was too much demand…

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Hearst didn’t have a sled called Rosebud

So, after writing a largely positive review of “The Social Network” this morning, I was quickly and forcefully made to understand that a lot of people really don’t like this movie. Not because of the acting, script, direction, themes (except maybe some suspicion—mostly from extra-textual sources—that Aaron Sorkin doesn’t like…

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Bamboo Review: The Social Network

Spoilers. Fun with juxtapositions: Guess what I was doing right before I left the house to go see “The Social Network”? I was reading about the Duke University woman who gained instant infamy by having a private joke about her sex life leaked onto the internet. I was struck by…

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